WHAT IS ‘FAITH AT HOME’?
Faith at Home is there to help parents raise children to walk with Jesus. The idea for Faith at Home came out of a passion to see children and young people become fully devoted followers of Christ and to see them living their lives in response to all that God has done for them. A key part of that is enabling to live as a disciple outside of Sunday mornings… being a disciple is far more than a Sunday thing! Faith has to be more than just once a week at church. Sundays are a really important part of helping children in their faith, but what about the other 6 days of the week?!
RESOURCES
Below, you’ll find loads of resources that will help you and your children on your journey with Jesus. If you come across any other things which you’ve found helpful, do send them over, as we’d love to share them!
VIDEOS FROM CHRIST CHURCH SURBITON
During the first lockdown, we created some fun family worship sessions entitled Faith at Home… they’re still available on YouTube… check them out here. From September 2020 - July 2021, we ran a weekly YouTube show, CCKIDS, which is available here.
PRAYER
It’s really important that we continue to pray for each other in these difficult times. Here’s a prayer that children can pray for their grownups at home. We often join in with Thy Kingdom Come, an annual prayer event… visit the TKC website for some brilliant family prayer resources. We’ve also got some prayers for Uganda, our Tearfund link and for the nation of Senegal, where our friend Beryl is a missionary.
Boiler Room Family Prayer
As Lockdown 3.0 began, we launched Boiler Room Family Prayer… a series of 5 prayer activities for families to do together. You can catch up with them here.
Books / Online / Apps / Activities
Jesus Storybook Bible - Some of you may have a copy of this at home already. If not, do consider getting hold of one, as it is one of the best! To tempt you(!) we got in touch with the publisher and they sent us the first few chapters… take a look here! The author, Sally Lloyd-Jones, also has a blog which has some more great resources and ideas. We also found a reading plan with some discussion questions which might help frame your reading and worship.
The Beginners Bible - Some of you may have this Bible at home. If so, this is a great website full of activities, both printable and online!
Faith in Kids - Loads of stuff here… really good stuff! If you’re looking at doing something to prepare for Easter, do check this out. Also, their podcasts are brilliant!
Bible Pathway Adventures - Great retelling of Bible Stories on the ‘Stories’ page, with some fun cartoon illustrations. They also have a large range of printable activity and colouring sheets to go along with the stories on the ‘Activities’ tab.
What’s in the Bible? With Buck Denver - We love Buck Denver at Christ Church! We’ve often used his videos at Bible Club and on occasional Sunday mornings too. There are some brilliant activities on the site… highly recommended!
Bible App for kids - Really fun/interactive app for children walking through the story of the Bible. Great to do with kids or to let them explore it themselves.
Saddleback Kids Videos - A favourite at Christ Church. This is a link to a playlist of videos on YouTube… we hope you enjoy them!
Insight - Our wonderful friends down the road at Insight have collated a whole bunch of things too… some mentioned here on our Faith at Home page, others are new! Click for KS1 Material and KS2 Material.
Diary of a Disciple - These are brilliant books from Scripture Union… and they’ve got a free audiobook at the bottom of the page! IT’S SO GOOD!!!!
The Biggest Story of all - After something else to watch together? Check out this incredible 25 min cartoon of the overall Bible Story. Only available to stream online until 12th April.
Holy Week Reflections - Some beautiful pictures and a document of crafts and prayers.
Just Crafts
My Little House - Some printable templates for you to make your own cartoon Bible scenes and character for retelling the story! We’ve linked the ‘Bible Town’ page, but there are plenty more on the website too!
Big Picture Bible Crafts - More brilliant craft templates here!
Prayer Patterns - The wonderful Swinchin Rew family have been hard at work and wanted to share something with you. If you’ve got some paint and a big piece of paper… this is a great family prayer activity!